Bigger and better, the AAF returns on the 16th October with more retailers, more private sellers and more airsoft sites – and remember that only Airsoft Soldier is the official media partner.

The big news to come out recently about the fair is that, thanks to the good folks at Edgar Brothers Airsoft and Gunmunki, 3 lucky attendees to the Arms Fair will also win a full MagPul Makeover for their M4 AEG.

* WIN A MAGPUL MAKEOVER *

The criteria for the competition are that;
1. It must be your gun
2. It must be an M4 variant
3. It must work
4. You must have a ticket to attend the October Arms Fair as the Makeover will be done at the Fair and presented to you before you leave

To enter, you must submit a picture or video of your gun, along with a sob story as to why you deserve to have your gun given a full makeover, to aaf@suspensionofdisbelief.co.uk (be sure to also include your ticket number).

There is no requirement for the sob story to be true, its just got to be more entertaining than anyone else’s.

There are 3 makeovers to be won:

1 for the 10am entry ticket holders
1 for the 11.30am entry ticket holders
1 for the 1pm entry ticket holders

Tickets for all time slots are selling fast and remember you must have a ticket in order to be able to attend the Fair. www.airsoftarmsfair.com

Echo1 is bringing out a new gun late this year and apparently, it has got its name from old 1980´s movie “Red Dawn“. You can think whatever you like about the movie, but the gun seems to be patterned after AK74. If Wolverine will be same quality gun as their Red Star -series, you can expect Wolverine to be very sturdy, full metal AK.

Watch their Youtube-video.

Few years ago, you might have noticed that Madbull AGX grenade launcher was used in a movie Punisher. Well – now the tides have turned and Madbull affiliate – SOCOM Gear has launched interesting new pistol. Basically, it is the same pistol as other 1911-pistols under the brand – but there is two differences. Some of the parts are chrome finished and in the business end of the barrel there´s a compensator. Just like in the movie. So if you want to be Frank Castle – tough luck – he´s a fictional character. But if you want to act like Dolph Lundgren (or better), here´s a tool for one role.

Officially, this gun is known as its full name: King Arms Smith & Wesson Military & Police 15 Magpul Original Equipment. Not suprisingly, in many articles and websites it is abbreviated into KA S&W M&P15 MOE. Sounds and looks better, don´t you think?

Anyway, we all know what kind of company King Arms is. Earlier they manufactured quality parts for airsoft guns, but nowadays they´ve started to manufacture full guns as well. Under these days, manufacturers even in Hong Kong are not able to manufacture whatever brand they like, so its not a wonder that King Arms has collaborated with french Cybergun which holds rights for many real-steel brands.

We know that many guys frown upon on everything that has anything to do with Cybergun, but in this case, it has enabled King Arms to make realistic markings to the gun.

On our evaluation, the gun suprised us with the technical quality, although it had some flaws too. Subscribe our magazine to find out what they were.

New Socom Gear website is already online. Although they dont represent any new items in there at the moment, it is interesting to see what new items are coming up in the near future. Airsoft-news.eu already published some new guns in stock from Socom Gear – as well as there is few hints that Socom Gear is bringing up their own remote-operated UAV to the markets. Is it the same system that the Madbull is offering, is unconfirmed at the moment.

Its probably not an exaggeration to say that the MagPul PTS “Masada” has been the most eagerly awaited AEG of 2010.

Having brought you first-hand photos from the UK Airsoft Arms Fair of the only prototype in existence in Europe, Airsoft Soldier now brings you a first-hand user review not available through any other airsoft publication.

Click here to read the article.

Thanks to Dingodogs Airsoft and Edgar Brothers Airsoft Division for helping to make this review possible

The Airsoft Hub connects Teams & Players on Facebook

Started in February 2010, the Airsoft Hub is born of a simple idea: leveraging Facebook to connect Airsoft players and teams all over the world. Thanks to the contribution of its members, the Airsoft Hub is now the fastest growing Airsoft fanpage on Facebook and one of the most active community online.

The Airsoft Hub offers simple features such as news, reviews, forums, ingame photos and tactical resources thanks to partnerships with big players.  As Airsoft gets more and more popular around the world, the Airsoft Hub will help the Community raise its game.  The Hub will also son be focusing on new features such as an Airsoft Marketplace and an International Airsoft Events Calendar.

To join the community visit their Facebook page on  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Airsoft/293290627970 and click on “I like”. 

Well, now the show is over and its time to say good-bye to The Grange (aka, “The Country Club”) for now - and I think it we can safely say that the first ever UK Airsoft Arms Fair was a total success.

We had a fantastic day today, and I’m sure that everyone else who attended did as well.  We saw a pretty impressive range of airsoft possibilities on display today too – everything from the somewhat bizarre (steam-punk, mutant, Nazi, zombies!) to the absolutely brilliant (Ares PPsh-41) and a wide range in-between…

A particular something else in the “brilliant” category was the Gunmunki workshop tucked away in one of the outbuildings next to the car park.  It was like a true Aladdin’s Cave of combat clothing and custom guns.  First, there were the sets of overdyed Swiss combats that were used in the film adaptation of Richard III – this film re-imagined Shakespeare’s Richard III set in a Fascist version of 1930’s Britain, and the overdyed “Alpenflage” uniforms were used by Richard III’s troops.

Then there was the MP5SD fitted with a telescoping M4 Crane stock.  These types of stocks have started to turn up on more and more different types of guns – and they haven’t always been positively received – but this is one execution that definitely gets the “thumbs up” from us!  Check it out at Gunmunki’s online shop.

Finally, special word of thanks to the boys from GASS (for looking after the Airsoft Soldier booth while I was away blogging).  Nice one fellas!    And a mention-in-dispatches for Stirling Airsoft as well – for keeping us all entertained with their “hoorah” promo-videos, micro-UAV, and airsoft Mini-Gun (let’s see it in action next time chaps!).

Having had a such a great day today, we’re now looking forward to the next Airsoft Arms Fair.  We’ll be there – will you?

So, here we are about half-way through the afternoon of the show – and so far it appears to have been a resounding success, with over 300 airsoft skirmishers having passed through the gates to browse the offering from a wide range of retailers and private sellers.

Its been a great day for us too – making lots of new friends, and catching up with old ones.  Enjoy our gallery of show highlights – aka, a Rogues Gallery of Likely Suspects…

Speaking of Rogues, Badger Tac should win some kind of prize for having the biggest vehicle on site!  And yes, they really were selling tactical gear and guns that had literally “fallen off the back of a lorry”.

We have to say a big THANKS to the guys from Airbana for providing the WiFi network that’s enabling us to continue to bring you more highlights of today’s UK Airsoft Arms Fair.

If you haven’t visited the Airbana – Airsoft Map Network yet, you really should!  For example, here’s the UK map.